I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy Chapter 118

EP.118

And a week later.

The Francois Republic’s 100,000-strong army appeared opposite the imperial army.

As I expected, they placed crossbowmen and wizards at the front to disperse our formation.

By placing the knights behind them, when the defense of the imperial infantry was slightly weakened, they formed a formation with the intention of openly breaking through from the front and securing victory.

Meanwhile, our Reich army had built a small hill by piling dirt in front even before the snail-eating Francois came.

On top of that, soldiers capable of long-distance attacks, such as crossbowmen, were placed so that they could gain an advantage in range by shooting from a slightly higher position.

At this time, if the hill is too steep or high, Francois might come to his senses and not try to break through to the center.

The slope was made at about 10 degrees, and the height was made very low, at only about 3 meters.

Still, for us who have to block the charges of knights weighing over 500 kg, it is much better than nothing.

This alone can reduce the horse’s speed by nearly 20%.

Then, our 12th Brigade was deployed to the front line among the infantry in three rows.

All of the knights were drafted by Captain Patton because they were needed to destroy the enemy infantry.

“What the f*ck, I don’t have any articles. “It makes sense that there are no knights under my command!”

I shouted like that, but none of the other soldiers or officers responded to me.

After 20 minutes, the Duke of Valois, commander of Francois’s army, rode up to a narrow distance where our arrows could not reach.

At the same time, his army also approached 200 meters closer to where we were, as if he was planning to threaten us, and the Duke, who was in the lead, shouted in a loud voice.

“As the Duke of the François Republic and a permanent member of the National Assembly representing all the people, I reprimand the soldiers of your rebellious empire! Why are you driving us, innocent people, to the point of dismissal, putting our poor serfs and hard-working citizens in fear and provoking war? As a believer in Deus, how can you blind the Holy Father?”

The distance between him and us was close, and there was no wind at that time, so his voice could be heard all the way to where our infantry and knights were.

Rather than being intimidated or frightened by his words, none of our soldiers

looked at the enemy commander with an expression as if to say, “You bark, we’ll just listen with one ear and let it go.”

If we are not responding to this level, it would be much better to stop talking and go back.

Perhaps he was stupid, or perhaps he was so angry at us that he couldn’t come to his senses, but the Duke of Valois and member of the National Assembly kept talking.

Our soldiers began chattering as if they were bored, even though chatting right before battle was prohibited by military law.

“You must be an asshole. “They touch me first and then say hello.”

“They are so crazy that the Pope, who loves everyone with the heart of Deus, would excommunicate them.”

“Even if they are enemies, I feel sorry for those who fight under such a bastard. “If you fall behind, it’s hell.”

Even the officers who were supposed to stop them agreed that nothing the duke said was really worth listening to, so they did not impose any sanctions.

After chatting alone for about 15 minutes, the duke rode away cheerfully, as if he was finally relieved.

This time, our Captain Patton went to where the Duke of Valois was standing and started shouting loudly at the enemy.

“To the pitiful, pitiful soldiers of François and the pagan nobles who serve the council of heretics who treat the teachings of Deus like nothing more than a piece of gum, listen!”

Even though Francois said they were dismissed, from the beginning, they naturally called the other person a heretic, which is considered a harsher insult than your parents’ insult in this European continent.

As expected, even in the Reich Empire, where showing a manly demeanor on the battlefield is considered a virtue, this is the wonderful speaking skills of a man who rose to the rank of captain just by charging.

The enemy who hears it may be dumbfounded, but even if he hears harsher words, he will feel crazy and delirious because there is no basis to refute it.

“I already knew that the Kafe royal family that originally ruled you was a country ruled by crazy people who dragged down the emperor and royal family to the guillotine of revolution and sucked out the spines of the people under the pretext of oppressing the people and nobility. “I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard three years ago that you invaded the peaceful people of our Reich Empire without even declaring war!”

In this operation I designed, I thought the success or failure of the operation would be determined by how much Captain Patton angered the Francois nobles.

They took a jab at him with harsh words, calling him a heretic and a heretic, and even denigrated the revolutionary spirit that the aristocrats of the Francois Republic loved so proudly, calling him crazy.

Those guys who have a scratch on their pride will not be able to maintain their sanity under extreme heat and will charge at any cost even if there are infantrymen standing in front with long spears.

Anyway, all nobles and ruling classes of this era are people for whom Gao (honor) is more important than life.

Moreover, although the Francois Republic says that it is a people’s country, it only has no emperor, but it maintains a class system and hereditary succession of fiefdoms.

In the end, it is essentially a world of aristocrats where equality of opportunity only applies to the top 1% of landowners… It is essentially a rotten democracy.

“No matter how crazy they are, they could not have imagined that there would exist in the world a person so bad that he could not even keep the minimum morals set by the Holy Father.”

After saying that, Captain Patton raised the imperial flag with both hands on his horse and shouted.

“But of course, didn’t Deus already let you bastards who didn’t follow the minimum rules he set out show us that we were right by showing him the miracle of annihilating the 10,000-strong army led by Division Commander Pompadour with only 4,000 led by Brigadier General Jaeger? !

It was a plan I had planned and it was something I expected, so of course I didn’t shed any tears.

Even some of the soldiers and officers next to me began to have tears in their eyes, as if they were impressed by Captain Patton’s speech.

“Heed his warning to repent and return through the whip of dismissal. Even now, you must deeply reflect on the mistakes you committed until you were dismissed, and you must ask for forgiveness from the Empire and the Holy Father for your sins. Otherwise, you will definitely pay the full price for your sins!”

With this speech, wouldn’t the enemy infantry’s morale drop to the point where they would completely lose their will to fight, with tears in their eyes, just when our knights charged with their lances?

Of course, since there are military officers and officers nearby holding swords and keeping watch, they won’t disperse right away.

If there is even a small gap, they will try to run away without hesitation.

Because, of course, I don’t want to die, and even if I do die, I would hate to go to hell even more.

“If you don’t like that, fine! Just like Division Commander Pompadour did in the Forest of Hattin, try to defeat our infantry with the charge of the knights that the Francois Republic is proud of! “If we are wrong and you are right in Deus’ eyes, won’t you help us?”

After saying that, Captain Patton quietly and leisurely stepped back. The Duke of Valois was so excited that he could be seen from afar and swore twice.

The Imperial soldiers, who were greatly impressed by Captain Patton’s speech, enthusiastically cheered for national independence as if they were about to applaud.

“Long live the captain! Long live the Empire! Long live your Majesty the Emperor!”

“Damn François, those articles aren’t scary at all! “We will win!”

“Deus, please protect us!”

After succeeding in achieving an overwhelming victory in suppressing the baseline through an initial argument, the Duke of Valois led his troops and moved back 500 meters.

The unit commanders of the wizards and crossbowmen and archers capable of long-distance attacks in front of us quickly began preparing.

“Crossbowmen, wizards, archers, go to the front and prepare to fire!”

“Take out all the arrows in the quiver and put them on the ground! “It’s faster!”

“Go right in front of the hill and use the water ball to wet it with a little water! Make it difficult for knights on horseback to climb the hill. Then we will have a little more advantage later!”

As we all hurriedly prepared, a huge trumpet sound and the sounds and vibrations of infantrymen stamping in unison came from in front.

Now the full-scale battle has begun.

“We will definitely win. So don’t be afraid, extend your long spear toward the enemy and hold on. Then you win.”

 

 

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